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Math Geek Mom: (Probably Unintended) Gifts from the Jesuits
It is suspected that the 360 degrees in a circle may have originated from the 365 days in a year...
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A Modest Proposal Inspired by Aaron Swartz
I don’t know what Aaron Swartz planned to do with the four million or so articles that he downloaded from...
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Is Google an Indictment of Higher Education's Failures?
Evidently, Larry Page of Google "once considered accepting goats as a legitimate form of payment from those seeking to buy...
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An Open Letter to Congress
Dear Congress, As you know, I spend a disheartening amount of my time benchmarking, quantifying, and planning initiatives with measurable...
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On Becoming an EdTech Conservative
My favorite educators are the risk takers. The academic tech colleagues whom I most admire are the innovators. But with...
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The Joys of Administration
This week I started my new position as Director of my university’s teaching center. This is my dream job: I...
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If I Could Get Away With It...
I’d have everyone on campus read Moneyball, by Michael Lewis. It’s several years old now, but its point still holds...
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ABC's and PhD's: Nerdy fun
A couple weeks ago our family got gussied up to go to an evening ball – an annual summer extravaganza...